Essen-Eiberg station
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Essen-Eiberg station
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| Location |
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°26′30″N 7°06′35″E / 51.441672°N 7.109746°ECoordinates: 51°26′30″N 7°06′35″E / 51.441672°N 7.109746°E |
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| Platforms | 2 |
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| Station code | 1700 |
| DS100 code | EEIB |
| Category | 5 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1968/69 |
Essen-Eiberg station is a station in the district of Eiberg of the city of Essen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway.
The name of the station refers to the former municipality of Eiberg, which extended over the western parts of modern Bochum and the eastern parts of the Essen suburbs of Freisenbruch and Horst. At the end of the 1960s the station was established lies in the southeastern part of Freisenbruch on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway, which is part of the main east–west trunk line of the Ruhr, opened in this area in 1874.
The station is only served by line S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and lies on the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway (timetable route 450.1). In Deutsche Bahn’s directory of operating points, the station is given the abbreviation of EEIB and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.
The station is served by S1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Solingen every 20 minutes during the day.
It is also served by three bus routes, operated by Essener Verkehrs-AG at 10 or 20 minute intervals: 164, 174 and 184.
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